2011 College Football Bowl Season - Intriguing Games Rankings

An intriguing game is one that is likely to be a close game between two good teams based on the past season success of both teams involved in that game. Given that definition, we have ranked each of the 35 bowl games this year in terms of its level of "intrigue" and present that list to you, beginning with the least intriguing bowl game of the holiday season and ending with the BCS Championship game, which - once again - is the most intriguing match of the holidays:

35. Military Bowl - #27 Toledo vs. #71 Air Force (12/28/2011)
34. Alamo Bowl - #67 Washington vs. #17 Baylor (12/29/2011)
33. Fight Hunger Bowl - #61 Illinois vs. #77 UCLA (12/31/2011)
32. Meineke Car Care Bowl - #20 Texas A&M vs. #63 Northwestern (12/31/2011)
31. Little Caesars Bowl - #59 Western Michigan vs. #76 Purdue (12/27/2011)
30. New Orleans Bowl - #54 San Diego State vs. #74 Louisiana-Lafayette (12/17/2011)
29. Hawaii Bowl - #60 Nevada vs. #18 Southern Miss (12/24/2011)
28. New Mexico Bowl - #45 Temple vs. #69 Wyoming (12/17/2011)
27. Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl - #75 FIU vs. #79 Marshall (12/20/2011)
26. Music City Bowl - #44 Mississippi State vs. #68 Wake Forest (12/30/2011)
25. Idaho Potato Bowl - #56 Ohio vs. #72 Utah State (12/17/2011)
24. MAACO Bowl - #53 Arizona State vs. #5 Boise State (12/22/2011)
23. Sun Bowl - #36 Georgia Tech vs. #62 Utah (12/31/2011)
22. BBVA Compass Bowl - #64 SMU vs. #51 Pittsburgh (1/7/2012)
21. Poinsettia Bowl - #13 TCU vs. #50 Louisiana Tech (12/21/2011)
20. Chick-fil-A Bowl - #58 Virginia vs. #39 Auburn (12/31/2011)
19. Pinstripe Bowl - #57 Iowa State vs. #42 Rutgers (12/30/2011)
18. Insight Bowl - #41 Iowa vs. #10 Oklahoma (12/30/2011)
17. GoDaddy.Com Bowl - #35 Arkansas State vs. #47 Northern Illinois (1/8/2012)
16. Holiday Bowl - #43 California vs. #26 Texas (12/28/2011)
15. Belk Bowl - #49 Louisville vs. #46 NC State (12/27/2011)
14. Independence Bowl - #40 North Carolina vs. #29 Missouri (12/26/2011)
13. Gator Bowl - #32 Ohio State vs. #38 Florida (1/2/2012)
12. Armed Forces Bowl - #37 BYU vs. #30 Tulsa (12/30/2011)
11. Orange Bowl - #33 West Virginia vs. #25 Clemson (1/4/2012)
10. TicketCity Bowl - #12 Houston vs. #28 Penn State (1/2/2012)
9. Liberty Bowl - #31 Cincinnati vs. #34 Vanderbilt (12/31/2011)
8. Cotton Bowl - #23 Kansas State vs. #11 Arkansas (1/6/2012)
7. Sugar Bowl - #9 Michigan vs. #22 Virginia Tech (1/3/2012)
6. Champs Sports Bowl - #24 Florida State vs. #21 Notre Dame (12/29/2011)
5. Capital One Bowl - #19 Nebraska vs. #15 South Carolina (1/2/2012)
4. Outback Bowl - #16 Michigan State vs. #14 Georgia (1/2/2012)
3. Fiesta Bowl - #7 Stanford vs. #4 Oklahoma State (1/2/2012)
2. Rose Bowl - #6 Wisconsin vs. #3 Oregon (1/2/2012)
1. BCS Championship - #2 Alabama vs. #1 LSU (1/9/2012)